Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 17) — Rhenz Abando will remain as a University of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tiger.

This comes after reports that the prized recruit from La Union was being lured by other University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) schools, which led to his benching in UST's game versus University of the Philippines (UP) last Wednesday.

"Abando will stay in UST," Growling Tigers head coach Aldin Ayo told the Varsitarian, UST's official school publication.